The 2001FP uses an external power brick so you could move that bit to the bottom of the case.

I'm a little concerned that a case meant to hold something like a 5-15 LBS load may not hold this build very well. You may need to add straps or something.

So would you know if the 2001FP is positively lighter than the 2007FP? I need to make a decision soon on which monitor to get and I can´t decide because I´m missing the 2001FP real specs in weight and depth. I asked like a dozen of ebay sellers that are selling it and everybody gave me different specs, I think most of them are ballparking them.

The 2001FP uses an external power brick so you could move that bit to the bottom of the case.

I'm a little concerned that a case meant to hold something like a 5-15 LBS load may not hold this build very well. You may need to add straps or something.

So would you know if the 2001FP is positively lighter than the 2007FP? I need to make a decision soon on which monitor to get and I can´t decide because I´m missing the 2001FP real specs in weight and depth. I asked like a dozen of ebay sellers that are selling it and everybody gave me different specs, I think most of them are ballparking them.

JDFan has a 2001FP you may want to PM him. I'm in Tanzania and my 2007FP is in the US but I'll ask my mom to put it on a scale. I'd think the 2001FP screen would be lighter as the power supply is in a brick out side the monitor. But thats just my best guess.

Hey Guys, after more than half a year being really busy and traveling a lot for work I have been working on the project again. I got a FP2001 monitor and as you can see in the pictures, the thing is coming up all right.

Just one thing... the top lid weights 13kg (29lbs) in total with everything it needs to have on it and the bottom lid with all the components around 17.3kg (38lbs). I´m afraid the monitor weight and the gameplay shaking might tip the thing over and it might fall backwards.

I feel dumb for asking this, but has any of you have any idea or mathematic formula to calculate how much does the base has to weight in order for the top lid not to tip back? The angle of the top lid when open is around 95-100 degrees.

Imagine a Nintendo 3DS (angle of top lid is different though), how much force (weight) does the base has to have for it no to fall backwards?

Why not just go with a laptop screen, like the one in the Alienware 18 r1 ? That is an 18.4" screen... while smaller then the one you had planned, is much lighter. Or are you just planning on tearing apart the dell screen from the housing? Guess I missed that part... But still SWEET project.

What do you think? The pictures at the bottom show how the power cable and a small bag with the joysticks and dust washers inside, will be secured in place with industrial Velcro to the bottom of the top lid. This way, you can transport everything inside the case without pieces moving inside. Gotta keep that monitor safe.

The only added weight I put on it was a 4.3kg tube on the front. To avoid 4 players furious drunken gaming making the case flip back. The top lid weights 13kg alone. The bottom one without added weight around 17.3kg.

I put some industrial velcro strips at the bottom, so I can use a heavy duty keyboard base for it. You can see the sanding of the case for the velcro stripes in pic 46.jpg

I think the case does not need the additional 4.3kg, but I´m leaving it there just in case. It should weight around 31.2kg at its minimum using these same components.

Case seems sturdy enough, does not give away any hints of being falling apart. If it does in the future, I´ll let you know.

If that 35.45k scale readout is the total weight, he's looking at ~78 lbs of "portable" arcade goodness

Yes but, that case was probably designed for a bow that weights 5 LBS with probably that much weight in equipment so (10-12 LBS). Just saying that he may want to be careful walking around with his very nice build.

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Case seems sturdy enough, does not give away any hints of being falling apart. If it does in the future, I´ll let you know.

Hey there guys. I find myself wondering if you could provide me with some help.

I'm trying to get MAME to run with scanlines at 1600x1200 res on the dell 2011FP. But all the scanlines options appear too small. I tried one called triad3sl.png too and that actually looked bigger and more like the correct size but it makes the image less brighter and the colors less saturated

Scanlines75Dx4.png and equivalents appear too small too.

4:3 Monitors at 1600x1200 users: What Scanlines Effect do you use? (No scanlines generators since I'm using HDMI to connect to the monitor, nor HLSL since the MB would not be able to handle it)